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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1886
Page
3
Local items recount arrivals of ponies buyers and visitors, weather after rain, repairs to parsonage, school and church events, a U B festival clarification, sale notices, and a murder case update. Dozens of short notices cover crops prices, wagon premiums, train excursions, and small town commerce. The report notes a death, illnesses, and a Sunday school picnic.
Mrs Phoebe Chesley of Peterson Clay County recounts a remarkable recovery from kidney trouble and lameness after using Electric Bitters. Local residents corroborate her story. The paper also notes church chandelier purchase, town events, a soldier reunion plan, a fatal infant illness, and community efforts including a possible Millheim hosiery factory.
A soaking rain reached Brushyalley on Monday. Saml B Shafer repaired his wash house and shop under roof. Rev Bamson and Jady returned from a country visit. Dr W V Runkle from Philadelphia visited his sister Mrs McClellan. George Kern bruised his heel on a field roller last Monday. Squirrels shot to aid the sick with a treat. E H Long and wife of Millheim visited. The potato crop is small and potatoes are small. J L Roush left for Lancaster to finish his college course, expected through by June 1887.
Spring Mills expects a lively basket picnic next Saturday September 4 with Sunday schools from five or six nearby towns and bands in attendance. S. J. Hering surveys land tracts while the creamery building nears finish and machinery will be installed by mid September. W. R. From suffers a fall at Grenoble's hall with minor injuries.
The grain house changes hands and will operate as Grenoble, Bartges & Co with D. Bartges & son joining the firm. A Coburn Sunday school picnic at Andrew Harter's grove near Coburn drew about 500 attendees. A post office store altercation left a merchant with a bruised nose and a clerk with a black eye, prompting public disapproval.
The town notes rain at last, visits from Miss Jamison and Miss Keen, a jolly party, and two roaming young ladies. A water dispute pits Dr Musser against the water company with damages and pipe removal. Improvements include a new roof, repainting, and a sturdy Pine Creek bridge. Ida Miller visits from Spring Mills as a bush meeting is planned nearby.
Local note from Rebsreburg covers Rev J E Switzr visiting to sell Lutheran Observer subscriptions and a small press purchase by Dan Well for handbills. Sunday night Aug 22 thieves entered Thos Brum girl’s house then Thos Walkers home stealing small sums, food, and a sheet. Mrs Burkert dies at 64. Duck’s steam thresher shines, Geo Ware to run Mt Gorman livery, and local carpenters hired. Castoria nostalgia ends page.
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